Four-in-hand-tie former and holder.



J. HULETT. roua-m-mun TIE FORMER AND HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 30,1910.

1,004,265, Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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JAMES HULET-T, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUR-IN-HAND-TIE FORMER AND HOLDER.

Specification of LetMs Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Application filed August 30, 1910. Serial No. 579,759.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, J AMES HULETT, a

. citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fourin-Hand-Tie Formers and Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to four-in-hand tie formers and holders, and theobject thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which isdesigned for use in connection with turneddown collars, and with which afour-in-hand tie may be quickly and easily connected and formed into aknot, and which may also be quickly and easily connected with the collarbutton of a turned down collar in the manner of other devices of thisclass.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, and in which the parts of myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedfour-in-hand tie former and holder. Fig. 2 a back view and showing thefirst step in the process of connecting a tie with the former andholder. Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing another step in theprocess of connectin the tie with the former and holder; and, Fig. 4 aview similar to Fig. 3, but showing the tie knot completely formed onthe former and holder.

My improved fourin-hand tie former and holder is shown at a in Fig. 1and is made of celluloid, rubber, or any other suitable flexiblematerial, and if desired, it may be out 'or formed from a thin sheet offlexible metal. The device consists of a horizontal top portion a and acentral depending portion a in the bottom or lower end of which is acircular opening a through which, in connecting the device with acollar, the front collar button is passed, and the part a is alsoprovided with a vertically arranged slot a which communicates with theopening a. The horizontal top part a of the device forms oppositelydirected wings a and when the tie is connected with or knotted on theholder and former as shown at Fig. 4:, and said device is connected withthe collar as hereinbefore described, the wings a. fit under theopposite ends of the turned-down part of the collar in the same manneras with other devices of this class, and the said device being composedof flexible material the said wings may be curved, as will be understoodso as to conform to the curve of the neck and to the curve of thecollar.

In connecting a tie b with the former an holder, one end portion of thetie, the shorter end portion thereof, is passed down over the former andholder as shown at b in Fig. 2, while the longer end portion 6 of thetie hangsdown at the back of the former and holder. The longer endportion I) of the tie is then passed forwardly around the dependingportion a of the former and holder and around the part b of the tie, asindicated in Fig. 3, and to form the front loop 6 shown in F1 4, afterwhich the longer end ortion b 0% the tie is passed upwardly as s own inFig. 2, and down through the loop I) as shown in Fig. 4, and thiscompletes the connection of the tie with the former and holder and formsa complete knotas shown in said figure.

In connecting the device with the collar, said device is held with thetransverse head portion a thereof turned to one side of the neck, thecollar button is passed through the opening a. and the device is movedor manipulated so that the shank of the button will enter the slot aafter which the device is turned into a vertical position and the wingsa are passed beneath the end portions of the turned-down part of thecollar in the same manner as with other devices of this class.

When my improved tie former and holder is connected with a collar in themanner described, no parts of the device can be seen, as the wings athereof are entirely covered by the end portion of the turneddown partsof the collar, and the central depending part a of the device isentirely covered by the folds b and b of the tie and the end portion 6thereof.

By means of the slot a. the former and holder may be adjusted verticallywhen in position on the collar, and the device is thus adapted for usein connection with collars of different heights, and it will beunderstood that the length of the part a and the length of the slota mayalso be regulated in the manufacture of the device so as to adapttheformer and holder to collars of different heights. It will also be seenthat the top edge of the horizontal head portion a of the device isconcave as shown at M, and this form of construction is preferred inorder that the device may be'nilnie to more snugly fit the curve of thecollar when in use.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A four-in-hand tie former and holder de viceformed from a flat sheet of flexible material and consisting of ahorizontal top portion and a central depending portion lying in theplane of the top portion the thereof withan aperture throughwhich the 20head of a collar button is adapted to be passed and above which is avertically arranged slot which communicates therewith.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing s as my invention I have signed'my name in 25 presence of the subscribing witnesses this 29th day ofAugust 1910.

JAMES HULETT.

WVitnesses:

' C. E. MULBEANY,

B. M. RYnRsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

